78R12387 JSA-F
By: Heflin, Hunter, Puente, Giddings H.B. No. 3209
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3209:
By: Brown of Brazos C.S.H.B. No. 3209
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of financial assistance a student may
receive under the TEXAS grant and tuition equalization grant
programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.307(h), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(h) The total amount of grants that a student may receive in
an academic year under this subchapter and under Section 61.221 may
not exceed the total amount of tuition and required fees charged to
the student for the academic periods for which one or more of the
grants were awarded [maximum amount authorized under Section
61.227].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2003-2004 academic year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.